Manchester City will have to do without midfielder Fernandinho for their Premier League trip to Arsenal on Thursday after the Brazilian was ruled out with the hamstring injury he picked up in the EFL Cup Final.

In the end, it was referee Craig Pawson who delivered the most withering assessment of Arsenal. Amid fevered Manchester City celebrations that greeted the final whistle, Arsene Wenger questioned the officials over their addition of just three added minutes at the end of the second half.

Three Thursdays. They are all that stand between Arsene Wenger and meltdown. In three days, Arsenal face Manchester City again, in the Premier League at the Emirates. It is the last thing the Gunners need.

Arsene Wenger's wait to complete his haul of domestic trophies goes on after his Arsenal side were torn to ribbons by Manchester City in a 3-0 EFL Cup Final victory that earned Pep Guardiola his first piece of silverware in English football.